Three inmates at Fort Dix federal prison arrested for child porn

Three men who are already serving prison sentences for child pornography were arrested Monday at the Federal Correctional Institution-Fort Dix for using contraband cellphones and micro SD cards to distribute, possess, and view images and videos of child sexual abuse within the prison.

William H. Noble, 52, of Lowell, Massachusetts, Charles Wesley Bush, 38, of Knoxville, Tennessee, and Jacob S. Good, 31, of Fredericksburg, Virginia, are each charged with possession of child pornography on federal property and other related offenses.

Officials say Noble transferred a micro SD card containing child pornography to a government informant at FCI-Fort Dix on April 19, 2017. The micro SD card included over a thousand images and videos, many of which depicted sexual abuse of children, including infants and toddlers. Noble also made statements about downloading the child pornography himself and with the assistance of other inmates in the prison. Noble previously pleaded guilty in the District of Massachusetts to transportation and distribution of child pornography and is serving an 81-month sentence with a scheduled release date of March 8, 2018.

Officials say Bush jointly possessed the SD Card that was transferred by Noble in April, which he also allegedly used to download videos of children being sexually abused. Bush expected to be compensated as part of the transfer of the SD card to the government informant. Bush previously pleaded guilty in the Eastern District of Tennessee to three counts of distribution of child pornography and possession of materials containing child pornography. He is serving a 151-month sentence with a scheduled release date of May 24, 2024.

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Officials say Good possessed and accessed child pornography while imprisoned at FCI-Fort Dix, which he downloaded from the “Dark Web” and stored on a micro SD card. Good allegedly told a government informant during a recorded conversation that he never intended to stop viewing child pornography. Good also described plans to take child pornography accumulated while in the prison home with him following his release. Good previously pleaded guilty in the Eastern District of Virginia to distribution of child pornography. He is serving a 60-month sentence with a scheduled release date of Feb. 6, 2018.

The charges against Good, Bush, and Noble stem from a long-term investigation by the FBI, which led to similar charges against five other Fort Dix inmates in April 2017. Charges against four of those inmates — Anthony C. Jeffries, Brian J. McKay, Christopher D. Roffler, and Jordan T. Allen — remain pending. A fifth inmate, Erik M. Smith, has since pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography.

Last week, The Trentonian reported that authorities at Fort Dix Correctional Institution found more than 1,000 cellphones, synthetic marijuana, tobacco, and liquor in a basement of one of the prison’s buildings on Jan. 16, It’s unclear whether the new charges against Good, Bush and Noble are related to that discovery.

Fort Dix is a low-security federal correctional institution with an adjacent minimum security satellite camp that houses 4,399 male inmates. The prison is located in New Hanover Township in Burlington County on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst.